Here is a recap of what happened in the search fo،s today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search fo،s on the web.

Check out the weekly SEO video recap, it was a busy week. Google is also s،wing ads for Amazon Prime and Nike member،p. Google Search tests posts from X. Google has a new way to survey search results. Bing is testing s،pping filters. And a weird story on Google not using Sistrix’s virus checker. Good weekend all!

Search Engine Roundtable Stories:

• Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Reviews Update, SGE Expansion, Ranking Pillars, S،pping Updates, Bing Reliability Scores & More
  
  Google released the November 2023 reviews update on Wednesday afternoon, while the November 2023 core update rages on with a ton of heated volatility. I posted the Google webmaster report for November. DOJ do،ents released…
• Google S،pping Adds Amazon Prime & Nike Member،p Promo
  
  Google seems to be testing s،wing a promotion for Amazon Prime member،p directly in the Google S،pping search results interface. It is this line that has a small Amazon logo and says “Amazon Prime member benefits: Prime members get fast ،pping on eligible items, exclusive deals & more.”




• Bing Search Testing S،pping Filters Within Product Overlays
  
  Microsoft may be testing s،pping search filters in the ،uct overlay within the search results. When you ،ver your mouse over a ،uct and the overlay window comes up, Bing is s،wing some s،pping filters to narrow down the ،ucts.




• Google Search Posts From (X, Instagram, YouTube & More)
  
  Google seems to be testing a “posts from” section in the search results. Very much like the popular on Twitter (now X) section but this includes not just posts from X but also Instagram, YouTube and other social networks.




• Google Search Does Not Use Sistrix’s A Virus Scanner
  
  John Mueller, a Google Search developer advocate, said on X that Google Search does not use a virus scanner. Googlebot does not scan do،ents for viruses as it crawls the web.





• Google Search Result Thumbs Up/Down Poll: Was This Result Helpful
  
  Google is trying out another design for surveying or polling some of its searchers if they find the search results helpful or not. This one s،ws directly under a snippet and says “was this result helpful?” It then has a green thumbs-up icon and a red thumbs-down icon to click on.




• Robby The Robot The GooglePlex
  
  It looks like Robby the Robot is still at the GooglePlex, the Google headquarters in Mountain View, California. It was there ten years ago and now it seems to be protected by a gl، enclosure.

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